Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Trump will begin presidency in delicate position poll finds

As Donald Trump prepares to once again assume the office of the presidency, a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds that, despite his claims of an "unprecedented and powerful mandate," Trump may have to be careful about how far he decides to go with what he wants to do.

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More people hold an unfavorable than favorable view of him, most are against pardoning those convicted of attacking the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and they're split on whether to mass deport immigrants who are in the U.S. without legal status.

Perhaps most importantly, Americans have high expectations that their personal financial situations will improve under Trump, but more think tariffs will hurt rather than help the economy.

Trump has promised bold action, but, as the NPR poll shows, the politics may be tricky. Presidents often become vulnerable because of overreach. They tend to believe " falsely " that because they were elected, they have a mandate for everything on their agenda. Clearly, that's not the case.

"The opening round of the second term is not going well with the public," said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, which conducted the survey of 1,387 adults. "Americans are not convinced of Trump's agenda pillars, including pardons and tariffs. Mass deportations are only getting mixed reviews."

#1 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2025-01-15 09:50 AM

"The opening round of the second term is not going well with the public,"

Lewzer could care less. In fact, no one will even tell him.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-01-15 10:26 AM

Putin will have his demented bitch on all fours in no time.

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-01-15 10:27 AM

Trump may have to be careful about how far he decides to go with what he wants to do.
Posted by Gal_Tuesday

Nah ... The Republican Congress will do everything he demands and the GOP SCOTUS will give it a rubber stamp of approval.

#4 | Posted by censored at 2025-01-15 10:45 AM

Word on the street says referring to Trump as FOTUS, is becoming a big thing around the Country and the world.

Felon of the United States.

Let's use it liberally around here.

#5 | Posted by Wardog at 2025-01-15 11:13 AM

Trump may have to be careful

Nope.

Whoever wrote this article seems not to understand who Trump is, and how obsequious the Republican Party is to him.

Don't get your hopes up, then next 4 years will be difficult for all Americans.

And based on Trump's own words, elections from here on out won't matter anymore.

The GOP have figured out how to rig elections.

Best of luck to everyone.

Thoughts and Prayers.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-01-15 11:41 AM

He doesn't enter with the political capital to declare a mandate. The GOP House majority is very slim. Having said that I don't think this is delicate either.

#7 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-01-15 09:33 PM

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